Resources & Reports

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   Cities Techniques offered to improve lives in smaller cities: Municipal Leadership for Children & Families in Small & Mid-Sized Cities, a new Nat'l League of Cities report, highlights promising city efforts to improve the lives of children, youth and families in communities with populatio...
posted 5/17/13 11:55 AM  read complete story

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   Charter Schools Charter Schools being short-changed: Education's Fiscal Cliff: Real or Perceived finds charter schools in five major cities received an average of $4,000 less per pupil in 2011 than traditional public schools. Public charter schools in Denver, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark and Wash...
posted 4/25/13 1:06 PM  read complete story

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   Cities Federal budget uncertainty impacting recovery: The Local Economic Conditions Survey, conducted by the Nat'l League of Cities, finds despite improvements, cities are still struggling in significant ways, signaling growth is not keeping pace at a level that is needed for a sustained recovery. ...
posted 4/11/13 1:28 PM  read complete story

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   Community Development Administrative costs under scrutiny: In a new report, Reporting on Compliancewith Limit on Funds Used for Administration Can Be Improved, GAO recommends that HUD produce an annual report on state compliance with the administrative funding limits of its Community Development Bl...
posted 3/29/13 11:27 AM  read complete story

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   College Completion State data offered: Completing College: A State-Level View of Student Attainment Rates, offered by the Nat'l Student Clearinghouse Research Center, provides a state-level data on college attainment. The report includes college completion outcomes for most types of higher educat...
posted 3/15/13 08:04 AM  read complete story

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   Charter Schools A new Stanford U. Center for Research on Education Outcomes report finds quality early planning is crucial to the long-term health of charter schools. Another finding in Charter School Growth & Replication is that the future performance of many charter schools can be forecasted ...
posted 3/1/13 07:39 AM  read complete story

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   Budget States will grapple with social issues: The Nat'l Conference of State Legislatures offers a list of the top issues that states will address in the coming year. Education, health care and job training are among the issues. The list of issues is available at: http://tinyurl.com/byjh8f4.   Com...
posted 2/12/13 3:26 PM  read complete story

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   Child Care Access recommendations offered: On the Edges: Child Care Assistance Policies that Affect Parents, Providers, and Children, offered by the Nat'l Women's Law Center, recommends policies for working parents and those pursuing an education to maintain access to stable and high-quality chil...
posted 2/1/13 10:30 AM  read complete story

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   Arts & Culture Communities blend arts, community development: ArtPlace, a public-private collaboration to improve communities through the arts, releases a report recognizing the top 12 "ArtPlaces" for 2013.  America's Top ArtPlaces 2013 highlights efforts in Dallas, Los Angeles and Mi...
posted 1/14/13 09:45 AM  read complete story

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   CHIP/Medicaid Congress receives information on eligibility practice: GAO offers a report on state Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Medicaid) activities pertaining to Express Lane Eligibility (ELE). Under ELE, states can determine eligibility for children in Medicaid or CHIP by using information from o...
posted 12/31/12 2:54 PM  read complete story